Ear tubes now grace RR’s eardrums. We don’t have any signs of brilliant vocal genius but there are a few markers that things are looking up. Way up.

She slept through the night.
The doc said there “was a lot of pus and blood” and really, you don’t get to hear that enough times in life.
When I said her name this morning, she pointed to herself. I just about cried.

The tone and volume of her babbling has definitely increased. The amount is holding steady at 95% of waking hours spent talking, but now those 11 hours of the day are much louder and clearer!